Op-Ed: Forget the General Election 2015; Monday's hot political news in the UK is nominations for a new leader of the Labour Party closed lunchtime and left-wing anti-austerity man Jeremy Corbyn has made it onto the list of hopefuls.

Days ago Mary Creagh quit the race to be nominated after it became clear she would fail to get the necessary number of supporters to take part in the leadership race.

Corbyn just made it onto the would-be leader list with 35 nominations. He is described as the most left-wing potential Labour leader since 1988.

As many political pundits claim Ed Miliband's election defeat was due in part to his left wing policies no guesses as to what the mainstream media will make of Corbyn's nomination.

The Labour list of hopefuls and the number of nominations is declared as Andy Burnham - 59, Yvette Cooper - 56, Liz Kendall - 37 and Jeremy Corbyn - 35.

There will also be those hoping to be nominated on the same ticket as the above as potential deputy leader.

The four nominees

Corbyn will suit die-hard Labour voters such as this blogger but will he have the mass appeal necessary to win a future General Election in the UK?

The Tory government is looking at dishing out tough austerity measures soon, partly so that they can add a few carrots on strings for the electorate before the next election scheduled for 2020. Will the fickle voter fall for it again? Could be!

Electing a new Labour leader was overhauled by Ed Miliband. Labour supporters will be more involved this time around.

If you are a paid up member of the Labour Party you will be able to vote; however this time if you register as a Labour supporter and pay just £3 you will also be allowed a vote.

That raises some concerns for this blogger.

It is easy to see Labour enemies with money to burn signing up and voting to scupper the outcome of the leadership election.

As the nominations were announced various people took to Twitter. Piers Morgan tweeted "If Jeremy Corbyn's the future of the Labour Party, they won't win back power for another 100 years." Left wing activist Owen Jones tweeted "Jeremy Corbyn is on the ballot paper. It costs £3 to become a registered Labour supporter. Do it now, and vote."

While I am loathe to agree with one word that Morgan says he could be right on this one.

Being old enough to remember the mainstream media's character assassinations of Neil Kinnock, Michael Foot and Tony Benn and how they quickly became men who would never be Prime Minister Labour needs an electable asset.

But if Labour give in and elect a new leader wanted by money-supported right-wing media they betray their principles and their supporters.

Is it worth that to get into government? If not how do you fancy decades of Tory rule?

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